Families are travelling less due to major flight price increases
Screaming children ruining your relaxing sunbed session on holiday? This may be something you’ll actually miss this summer – with more and more families being priced out of big breaks.
Getting away from the stress of the UK life has never been harder, especially due to the cost-of-living crisis which is still impacting millions of families across the island.
It’s no secret that price rises are common in 2024, and that’s no different for airline travel.
Travel agents have recently found an interesting fall in certain bookings.
Sandra Shaw, a senior sales assistant at Travel Planet Glasgow, said: “The prices have gone up, but we’re not seeing a fall in people booking, what we are seeing is a fall in family bookings.
It’s also stated that non-family bookings are still at a similar rate as last year.
Mrs Shaw adds: “But its families were seeing a drop in, not actual couples and individuals. This may be due to the cost-of-living crisis.
The crisis has impacted a whopping 46% of adults last month according to a survey from the Office for National Statistics.
All is well for people who want to travel alone, but for parents with children, the figures are substantial.
Let’s say a family of four, two adults and two children, wants to travel to Spain for a soak in the sun in June, the lowest price would cost them over £1,000 according to Skyscanner.
That’s also not considering the prices of hotel accommodation and food & drink which have also seen a massive price increase as well.
Ryanair chief executive, Michael O’Leary, did expect prices to drop this year for his company, but due to a shortage of planes, prices will take off by 10%.
However, with inflation rates up 4% from last January, the figure is slowing back down from the massive spike last summer.
Who knows what costs will look like in 2025, but for now, it’s looking to cost a pretty penny for families to get a sunburn in 2024.
